Transfomers: From a rocking crib to a “rocking” couch
Kid’s first dress – neatly ironed and saved inside a cover. Kid’s first shoe – properly cleaned and stored inside a shoe box. But what do you do with your kid’s favourite crib? Dismantling...
Two Pearls and an Oyster
Transfomers: From a rocking crib to a “rocking” couch
Kid’s first dress – neatly ironed and saved inside a cover. Kid’s first shoe – properly cleaned and stored inside a shoe box. But what do you do with your kid’s favourite crib? Dismantling...
Transfomers: The tale of two boards
What do you do when you have an old carrom board lying in your house? Options – 1. Store it behind a cupboard or a bed 2. Continue playing carrom on it and use...
Holi Getaway – Nathdwara Shrinathji on a canvas
Every Holi, I make it a point to make a painting of Lord Krishna in some form. Pichwai is an art form (on paper or cloth) that narrates tales from Krishna’s life. The town...
Lippan work (mud and mirror) from Kutch !
My recent trips to Himachal, Punjab and the Kutch region in Gujarat have made me appreciate our country’s diverse culture more than ever before and I stand amazed seeing the quantum of richness that...
Akshara’s Candy Theme birthday party
Akshara wanted a Candy Theme for her 8th birthday party. This time though, with Advika around, it was difficult to do all the elaborate planning which we usually do. So, it was a last...
Framed monograms as return gifts
“Monogram” – A design with one or more letters, mostly the initials of a name, used as an identifying mark. It was Advika’s first birthday party and I wanted to come up with customised...
Bib Necklace – a cool fashion accessory !
‘Bib Necklace’? What’s that, exclaimed Rajaram! I then had to explain to him that it’s nothing but a necklace which is huge like a bib and usually worn with a low neck evening gown....
A riot of colours !
It had been a long time since I had done a painting of Radha & Krishna. Now that it is the holi season, I felt that it would be apt to sketch one. Holi...
Reflection through my lens !
Whenever I come back from a vacation, I try to treasure some of my favourite moments by making a sketch on a canvas. During our last vacation I had a wonderful time star-gazing with...
DIY Light Decor for Diwali
Once the Navratri Golu was dismantled, i was left with lots of colourful bangles lying around from the Bangle Rangoli i had done. Rather than finding a way to pack and store the bangles...
